Forwarded from Dead Lasagna (Kozy Raccoon)
On the 1917 revolution:
"all laws against homosexuality were
struck down [together with the] tsarist criminal code. Consensual sex was deemed a private matter and not only were gays free to live as they chose without state intervention, but the Soviet courts also approved of marriage between homosexuals
(...) Prostitution became a matter of
public health, not a crime, and a health commission was instituted to combat sexually transmitted diseases; policies of social assistance were enacted to provide women and young men with alternatives to the sex trade in terms of employment and living arrangements"
- some extracts from Sexuality and Socialism: History, Politics, and Theory of LGBT Liberation, by Sherry Wolf
Imo, apart from these extracts the book itself is quite mediocre and disappointing, but feel free to read it
"all laws against homosexuality were
struck down [together with the] tsarist criminal code. Consensual sex was deemed a private matter and not only were gays free to live as they chose without state intervention, but the Soviet courts also approved of marriage between homosexuals
(...) Prostitution became a matter of
public health, not a crime, and a health commission was instituted to combat sexually transmitted diseases; policies of social assistance were enacted to provide women and young men with alternatives to the sex trade in terms of employment and living arrangements"
- some extracts from Sexuality and Socialism: History, Politics, and Theory of LGBT Liberation, by Sherry Wolf
Imo, apart from these extracts the book itself is quite mediocre and disappointing, but feel free to read it
"One of my favorite stories along these lines is Jim Bridenstine, who was a U.S. Congressman a few years back, who is a rock-ribbed conservative. On the floor of the US House, he gave a speech against climate change, saying all the things that climate change deniers say. And, of course, Trump appointed him to be the head of NASA [...]. About a month or two into his new job as head of NASA, he changed his mind publicly, came forward and said, I was wrong. Climate change is real, and human beings are causing it.
[...] he met the scientists. They were not the other anymore. He was not alienated from them. He was their boss. And all of a sudden, they were warm and trustworthy people and the evidence and facts that they were presenting were not just things that he didn’t understand, from a journal that he couldn’t reach. They were somebody down the hall, people he actually knew personally"
"“In virtually every account I’ve read of anti-vaxxers, climate change deniers, or other ideologues who have changed their minds, they have done so on the basis of face to face encounters, where evidence was presented by someone with whom they had a trusting relationship. Kindness, empathy, and listening work. And people acquire knowledge by consulting those they trust and understand. It takes hard work, face-to-face, and over time engagement. Trust, relationships, and values are the key to real belief change.”"
" I would drop that question that you mentioned earlier, the Karl Popper question. So tell me, if your view is based on evidence, what evidence if I had it in my back pocket could convince you to give up your views? And then I let them sit with the discomfort that they could not answer that question. I planted the seed of doubt."
www.currentaffairs.org/2021/10/how-can-you-talk-effectively-to-anti-vaxxers-flat-earthers-and-climate-deniers/
[...] he met the scientists. They were not the other anymore. He was not alienated from them. He was their boss. And all of a sudden, they were warm and trustworthy people and the evidence and facts that they were presenting were not just things that he didn’t understand, from a journal that he couldn’t reach. They were somebody down the hall, people he actually knew personally"
"“In virtually every account I’ve read of anti-vaxxers, climate change deniers, or other ideologues who have changed their minds, they have done so on the basis of face to face encounters, where evidence was presented by someone with whom they had a trusting relationship. Kindness, empathy, and listening work. And people acquire knowledge by consulting those they trust and understand. It takes hard work, face-to-face, and over time engagement. Trust, relationships, and values are the key to real belief change.”"
" I would drop that question that you mentioned earlier, the Karl Popper question. So tell me, if your view is based on evidence, what evidence if I had it in my back pocket could convince you to give up your views? And then I let them sit with the discomfort that they could not answer that question. I planted the seed of doubt."
www.currentaffairs.org/2021/10/how-can-you-talk-effectively-to-anti-vaxxers-flat-earthers-and-climate-deniers/
Current Affairs
How Can You Talk Effectively to Anti-Vaxxers, Flat Earthers, and Climate Deniers?
A philosopher of science on how we can constructively engage with those whose identities are built around dangerous delusional beliefs.
Some of Our Takeaways:
- Working-class voters prefer progressive candidates who focus primarily on bread-and-butter economic issues, and who frame those issues in universal terms. This is especially true outside deep-blue parts of the country.
- Populist, class-based progressive campaign messaging appeals to working-class voters at least as well as mainstream Democratic messaging.
- Progressives do not need to surrender questions of social justice to win working-class voters, but certain identity-focused rhetoric is a liability.
- Working-class voters prefer working-class candidates.
- Working-class nonvoters are not automatic progressives.
- Blue-collar workers are especially sensitive to candidate messaging — and respond even more acutely to the differences between populist and “woke” language.
https://jacobinmag.com/2021/11/common-sense-solidarity-working-class-voting-report
- Working-class voters prefer progressive candidates who focus primarily on bread-and-butter economic issues, and who frame those issues in universal terms. This is especially true outside deep-blue parts of the country.
- Populist, class-based progressive campaign messaging appeals to working-class voters at least as well as mainstream Democratic messaging.
- Progressives do not need to surrender questions of social justice to win working-class voters, but certain identity-focused rhetoric is a liability.
- Working-class voters prefer working-class candidates.
- Working-class nonvoters are not automatic progressives.
- Blue-collar workers are especially sensitive to candidate messaging — and respond even more acutely to the differences between populist and “woke” language.
https://jacobinmag.com/2021/11/common-sense-solidarity-working-class-voting-report
Jacobin
Commonsense Solidarity: How a Working-Class Coalition Can Be Built, and Maintained
An experimental study, the first of its kind, from Jacobin, YouGov, and the Center for Working-Class Politics offers a new and powerful perspective on working-class political views.